The Abyssinian Question mb-code 2490434 Designed by Henry Holland

Designed by Henry Holland

This cartoon illustrates the views of the disgruntled and departed occupants of the Woolsack at a measure that was seen to lower Equity 'to a vulgar level'

8th September 1973

'Between the Acts'

The Abyssinian Question mb-code 2490434 Designed by Henry Holland'The Abyssinian Question', 1867. Britannia is depicted holding a trident to King Theodore's midriff in the most threatening manner. The King is holding a bunch of keys towards Britannia and, in the background, the bars of a prison cell can be seen with the white hands of British prisoners clutching the bars. King Theodore of Abyssinia had recently taken into custody a number of British citizens, including a British envoy and a British consul. In late